Photograph
byW.Robert
Moore
MIYAJIMA'S RED GATEWAY SEEMS TO FLOAT ON THE HALCYON INLAND
SEA
As a steeple marks a church in Christian countries, so a torii always means a Shinto shrine is near. Prince Arisugawa
Taruhito
wrote
thetablet
forthis
one,
built in 1875. It is 73 feet across the top. Although the photographer stands upon an island heavily fortified with
modern
armament,
crude
sampans
and
stone
lanterns suggest the charm of an older Japan (page 479).